Yearly Archives: 2014
Ocean Acidification Monitoring: CO2 Buoys
Posted July 11, 2014Fundamental changes in sea water chemistry are occurring throughout the world’s oceans. Humankind’s industrial and agricultural activities have increased the amount of CO2 in the atmosphere. Some of this...
Voyager Overlays Now Searchable
Posted May 30, 2014With hundreds of possible overlays now available through PacIOOS Voyager, having a search capability is frequently requested and long overdue. We are proud to announce a new search box...
Near Real-Time USGS Rain and Stream Gauges
Posted May 09, 2014Voyager’s “water resources” category now includes near real-time measurements for rain gauges and stream gauges across Hawaiʻi managed by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) National Water Information System (NWIS)....
New Ocean Glider Visualizations
Posted April 29, 2014PacIOOS Voyager now provides a variety of new data visualization and animation capabilities for viewing trajectories of ocean glider measurements. Ocean gliders are small, free-swimming, unmanned vehicles that can...
Maui Coastal Water Quality Monitoring
Posted April 11, 2014Voyager’s “water quality” category now includes an overlay of coastal water quality measurements sampled by a network of citizen science volunteers on the island of Maui in the State...
Hawaiʻi Whale Tracking
Posted April 01, 2014Robin Baird of Cascadia Research Collective (CRC) has provided PacIOOS with satellite tracking of several tagged Hawaiian whales from 2006-2011, including false killer whales (22 individuals), pygmy killer whales...
Two Voyager Posters At Ocean Sciences Meeting
Posted February 26, 2014PacIOOS Voyager is featured on the following two poster presentations during this week’s Ocean Sciences Meeting at the Honolulu Convention Center. Stop by and say aloha! We’d love to...
Regional Ocean Models Updated, Samoa Added
Posted February 18, 2014Voyager now includes a new high resolution regional ocean model for the Samoa region. This Regional Ocean Modeling System (ROMS) mesoscale numerical ocean prediction model provides 7-day, 3-hourly forecasts...
Voyager Provides Several New Map Styles
Posted January 10, 2014Version 3 of the Google Maps API introduced the ability to apply custom map styles. Voyager now leverages this feature to provide a suite of alternative map styles, which...
Measurement Tools Now Saved In URL
Posted January 07, 2014When clicking on Voyager’s “link” or “save image” buttons to save your existing map settings and overlays, all measurement tools displayed in the map are now preserved as well....
